The Universal Patient
The above image is from artist Steve Cutts who he creates images which show how 40 hour workweeks are beating us
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
The above image is from artist Steve Cutts who he creates images which show how 40 hour workweeks are beating us
Continue readingThe perpetual nonsense of gaming the system continues. Here is something from the Wall Street Journal a little while back:
Continue readingHarvard Magazine had this to say about who is driving up U.S. healthcare costs? A recent study by Harvard professors and
Continue readingWhat is with computer software designers? If a computer software writer was in charge of car design, the accelerator and
Continue readingMost if not all of us in medical training at some point were taught by hard experience the value of
Continue readingFrom the Archives of the Placebo Journal. Can I get an AMEN, if you miss it?
Continue reading“Great dreamers’ dreams are never fulfilled, they are always transcended.” Alfred North Whitehead
Continue readingEveryone knows I am a big fan of ZDoggMD. He is very talented and extremely funny. That being said, how
Continue readingA great article appeared in the magazine “The Pharos,” the journal of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. “The
Continue readingThe article in Forbes entitled Why This Is The Hardest Of Times To Be A Physician In America is worth the read
Continue readingThis comes from a Harvard Business Review called The Employer-Led Health Care Revolution. It chronicles Intel’s attempt to save money
Continue reading“Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” Golda Meir
Continue readingMy friend Val Jones MD put this on her blog and then on another site. It is making the rounds
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Continue readingIt’s a funny thing but I could not find anyone using “time with patients” as a quality metric. Isn’t that
Continue readingThe video you see above represents the physicians of today. They are being cocooned by the monsters taking over healthcare
Continue readingYup, that was the headline. And it was probably true. Why? Because medical students have been sold the fantasy of
Continue readingHere is another reason why the government should not take over our healthcare system totally (they are already screwing up
Continue readingThe other day I got a hilarious email from an AAFP agent, extolling the pride and wonder of being part
Continue readingFrom the archives of the Placebo Journal.
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